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Jack Draper stunned third seed Jannick Sinner in the first round of the Queen’s Club Championships. The Brit had a wild card into the main draw. Draper was the runner-up in 2018 at the Junior Wimbledon Championship. Who is Jack Draper? Jack Draper is a 19-year-old tennis player born and raised in London. The youngster […] READ MORE
Is tennis the sport that broke a thousand hips? It must seem like that to British tennis fans, after they learned this week that Laura Robson has followed Andy Murray in having hip problems so severe that she will have to undergo a third hip operation at some point in the near future. Tennis is […] READ MORE
From 2011-2020, Andy Murray has had the second best tiebreak winning percentage on the ATP Tour at 64.62% (second only to Novak Djokovic). This statistic shows that Murray is a cut above the rest when it comes to performing under pressure. Murray is such a clutch player – numbers like these make it apparent why […] READ MORE
Britain’s National Tennis Centre at Roehampton in south-west London may be no substitute for Wimbledon, but once upon a time a “Battle of the Brits” in men’s tennis could have been held in a phone-box or newspaper kiosk, such was the lack of contenders for the title. Indeed, for many decades (roughly between the mid-1970s […] READ MORE
Mike Davies might just be the most important figure in tennis history who even tennis fans have never heard of. That is because he wasn’t one of the sport’s great champions, or even one of its greatest broadcasters or writers. Instead, he was an administrator, but he was not just any old administrator. Indeed, he […] READ MORE
Wimbledon 2020 is no more, the illustrious tennis championships cancelled for the first time since 1945, with Great Britain and the rest of the world enduring the most disruptive period since World War 2 due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was not unexpected, with tennis facing perhaps the most pressure of any sport […] READ MORE
It was late last year when Dan Evans was first asked what it felt like to be Britain’s No.1 male tennis player, having replaced Kyle Edmund as the highest-ranked British man in the ATP rankings. With typical candour, Evans replied, “I don’t look at myself as British number one. I think Andy [Murray] is British […] READ MORE
The mighty Rafael Nadal aside, it is arguable that no-one in the world has played better tennis in the last two months than Dan Evans. The problem for Britain’s current No. 1 (who will continue to occupy that position until Andy Murray fully returns from injury) is that he has played all that superb tennis […] READ MORE
Eric Han at the Glasgow Murray Trophy Jamie Murray Headlining 2019 Murray Trophy It’s very common that an ATP Challenger event goes unnoticed in a city with not many people attending the event. However, when the British LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) decides to rename the Glasgow Challenger to the “Murray Trophy” and the former world […] READ MORE
Andy Murray announced in January his tearful retirement plans. It was thought to be the end of his career. The Brit opted for life-changing hip resurfacing surgery, the same as Bob Bryan had. Murray is now pain-free and able to do normal everyday things. Playing with his children, walking the dog. Even tying his shoelaces […] READ MORE